Forty-Five Minutes

The Kerry campaign says they won’t have any statement before 10AM Eastern. The way the provisional ballots in Ohio are reportedly going, they could be getting ready to pull the plug.

Good for them, if so.

UPDATE: The AP’s Ron Fournier, who’s, er, not exactly a fan of the Bush Administration, reports:

Disheartened Kerry aides met to evaluate his options, with concession the talk of the day.

Nothing was settled or conceded in the first light of day, but Kerry faced a daunting task trying to deny Bush an electoral majority that was almost within reach. The Democrat’s campaign planned a statement by midday, advisers said. Two of them, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Kerry’s concession seemed simply a matter of time after one last look for uncounted ballots that might close the 136,000-vote advantage Bush held in Ohio.

[T]he Kerry campaign will issue a “directional” statement this AM and that Kerry will give a concession speech this afternoon. This was based on his “discussions” with the Kerry folks, who Barnicle is tight with.

I’m assuming Barnicle didn’t crib that from George Carlin, of course…

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I heard Soros on the radio last week say that if George Bush won then he would enter a monastery. When questioned regarding some the people who said stuff like that in 2000, he said that he really would do it, but that it would be in an American monastary. Let’s keep our eyes on him and see if he follows up!

I love this idea. Let’s call it the “Vote With Your Feet Fund.” Problem is that the people who run around talking about leaving have no more intention of doing so than Kerry did of lowering taxes or being tough on terrorists. The signature characteristic of the left is their complete lack of the moral courage to walk their own talk.

(I’ve had some sleep) I’m still convinced that they don’t call it so they can keep the political junkies attached to the tube for as long as possible. Kerry cannot possibly catch up in NM, Bush has been ahead all night. But, why won’t they call it? I keep being told the MSM is not biased, yeah, right.

Ken Blackwell (Sec. of State and a Republican) has officially said that there are 147K provisional ballots statewide. That is NOT after they check those ballots out and validate them. The official margin in Ohio is about 135K. Traditionally, in Ohio, when they count the provisional ballots, about 10% get tossed out for various reasons. That leaves, assuming that 10% sticks, about 132K provisional ballots to count. Kerry would have to get 100% of that provisional balloting to even force a recount. Recount is mandatory with a .5% difference.
Locally, my parents are quite active in the county GOP. I have gotten called this morning asking if I would help out for anything coming down the pipe.
Hamilton County (Cincinnati) is also looking to get contested. The write-in only race for county prosecutor has resulted in an abnormal number of votes being discarded becuase they weren’t done properly. Hamilton County is red…